Discrimination and the exclusion of people with disabilities

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ID12866882
AuthorsSahar Akhtar (0000-0002-3864-1343, Georgetown University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume17
Issue2-3
Pages68-82
Publication date2024-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics & Global Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1654-6369 • E-ISSN: 1654-4951
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/16544951.2024.2361562
OpenAlexW4402102603
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited29

My paper explores the question of when it is wrong for a state’s immigration criteria to discriminate against people with disabilities, focusing on the idea that discrimination is wrong when it demeans a group, rather than when it disadvantages them. I argue that selecting against people with disabilities often demeans them but might not always do so even when immigration criteria explicitly exclude people on the basis of having disabilities – that is, in cases of direct discrimination. Moreover, I demonstrate that certain cases of less direct forms of discrimination that select against people with disabilities – in particular, when states apply health-cost limits on admissions – can function as proxies designed to exclude people with disabilities and thereby demean them. Finally, I explain why my analysis of discrimination’s wrong does not typically apply to health conditions in general, such as heart, liver, or lung disease or cancer, setting my view apart from a prominent view in the literature

Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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